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| foot·ball [ ft bàwl ] (plural foot·balls) |
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1. U.S. game played with oval ball: a game in which 2 teams of 11 players score points by carrying an oval ball across their opponents' goal line or by kicking the ball through the opponents' goal posts.
Canadian term American football
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2. U.K.
Same as soccer
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3. Canada Canadian football: a game that is similar to U.S. football but takes place on a larger field, has 12 players on each team, and uses 3 rather than 4 plays to advance at least 10 yards or score
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4. ball game: any game in which two teams kick or carry a ball into a goal or over a line, e.g. rugby, Australian Rules, or Gaelic football
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5. ball used in football: the large oval ball used in the game of football
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6. problem passed around: a point or problem that is used as an excuse for argument by opposing groups, without any real attempt at finding a solution
  a political football
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7. U.S. briefcase with nuclear codes: the briefcase that holds the nuclear codes available to the president of the United States
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| foot·ball·er noun |
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